Subject: Re: UVM for sun3?
To: None <woods@kuma.web.net>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 02/19/1998 17:16:45
Sorry for taking so long to respond.  Busy at work again...

> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 98 22:18:24 -0500 (EST)
> From: woods@kuma.web.net (Greg A. Woods)

[ implement MACHINE_NEW_NONCONTIG ... ]
> 
> Yeah, I thought so.  I think there are already the beginnings of hints
> as to how to do this in sun3/pmap.c too, at least in what needs
> replacing....

That part is done.

> However first off I need to get the current kernel running as-is.  It's
> dying because of a test that results in a panic() that's only there when
> DIAGNOSTIC is set.  At the moment because of my unfamiliarity with the
> BSD kernel autoconf code I'm not even sure where this state that fails
> the test is getting set.
> 
> The test is at the opening of bus_scan() in sun3/autoconf.c:
[ if (cf->cf_fstate == FSTATE_STAR) ]

Oops.  I'm not sure that diagnostic is still needed, but
I removed the offending "star" config lines from bw2.sun3.

Thanks,
Gordon